I propose a secret commission from the Politburo immediately with a brief (2-4 days) timeframe. Composition at minimum: Litvinov, Sheynman, Radchenko, Krestinsky (with the right to replace him with another member of the Collegium of the People's Commissariat of Finance), Bogdanov (with the same right).

Guarantees could be: timber (concession in the north); oil at Ukhta; oil at Emba; copper mines, etc.

11/X. Lenin

(Commission assignment (2-4 days):
specifically the Italian proposal
and then general bases
of guarantees.)

Written October 11, 1921

Published for the first time from the manuscript